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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
( j6 f" H& }3 o+ p$ p$ p& Z, q我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.) f4 f4 g7 a& G( |
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ' a9 r& V g' |5 N, y- h
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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% s; Z: P, t2 N; |8 o- `Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
4 @& L' ~7 j$ V# o& {4 h' \. Ware you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
# A" R* c; y( U小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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5 C: {9 k! u" P! b3 F6 kThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
* x( h1 k1 M. d老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」# _& |/ U9 o& F
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
- H; N& `+ w+ p5 [8 r她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
; P# U9 u* f+ P9 x5 u M' E小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。2 |8 D1 K9 U. W; @) B4 x6 X
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1 o* a! @$ U5 f) O t4 ~6 B3 uFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
5 ?# |( g$ _' | G: h" I最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 * ]; t$ D- D" o$ w; H
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
* Z* ]+ ?6 U0 X『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
6 ^, [3 [" ?* \# d7 l她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」: y0 L+ O4 C# n( P$ q) V4 M
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.1 A& H9 s4 [1 M: L
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。( O/ v' [: h4 \, I! \8 v. v& O
! K7 e# B1 v xBut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '* j$ D3 @# H5 ~- o/ {
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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+ d6 N! T4 A3 W* q. u2 LHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
% s9 T: J- B! a他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』6 \$ Q! m1 C* @
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My heart nearly stopped. P/ I, }& t/ h; N6 N4 v4 C
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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9 G) Z% w& b" M7 n' f* XThe little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
2 b" {/ s2 Q; w* ^2 C小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
, {& W4 t3 p; b$ j" g然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '( z; w& T: C4 Y( g, o8 i# [
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』& G- k. M8 S V! B6 ^" i# a; D
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! H" E' G( n3 YThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
9 q s1 C) Q4 Z+ {/ V3 H然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。9 L1 B- _% g+ `& d' B. D# s$ i
2 I& J! b' X- d: A5 @" vI quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '( B4 O. H2 b. [& L" B! ~- E
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』, c9 O" P3 r5 _) @
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.- K% l* |* W5 x; z- j" r
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! ') I# {8 t9 X3 @ d# w- U
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '- a" g- c: u1 B p" m
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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4 Z e' o# Z7 ^9 g: M0 {'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』- ?/ j+ W' A7 |- N
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'My mommy loves white roses. '; m5 N; b% U* n3 O2 ]4 S
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。' z( {1 v1 h+ k1 S
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.0 d' T7 o3 B! B) |
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。) {+ H/ I; q9 R9 \! j
; t% D( x6 o9 i- ~I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.2 Q9 a4 g$ g* v& z, x2 A5 F- N
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。% h# z! |& V$ ^# B5 A/ T' _6 J
2 n3 H) X5 j+ p1 A) P# e8 vI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind. n8 P2 M5 G$ Y# v2 m
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。5 ]! J: _- F" T$ y
2 q" [/ J$ E) b$ B Y; |# Y* i }Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young* C0 H5 R& ^5 ~3 H
woman and a little girl.
' Q- A! A4 h% t8 ?我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。- r* |- R3 U `7 x7 X/ d2 C# q
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.+ f/ Z x( v \* H
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管, a+ \8 D9 W* s( B
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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7 y, [( |1 ]4 c+ m9 W8 RWas this the family of the little boy?* z: G3 q5 V: L: D5 \' t% s2 n
他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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- [# C9 }! ^% Z QTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
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. r# k% m2 f! u9 M9 `3 FI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
7 d8 A8 g$ O" d我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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/ q \" N! Q; G/ {4 AShe was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
8 a$ B( q5 h% W+ H她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is7 n x! i: l8 v, S6 W5 @8 `
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
4 j$ Z: M& k: r" ?) }我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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